Chili Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Home is the office for 8% of workers; Illinois has 16%. 152 jobs are based in Chili Township; 286 of its residents have a job. Only 3% work in Chili Township itself; outside it, Carthage draws the most (13%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Chili Township, in a few figures
Chili Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 34% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
A workday in Chili Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 278 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 144 people come in from elsewhere.
About 450 people are in Chili Township on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Chili Township goes to work
Where Chili Township clocks in
13% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
What Chili Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chili Township, 2013 → 2023: 152 → 152. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chili Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes to work from Chili Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chili Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 241 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Work in the towns next to Chili Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Chili Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chili Township | – | — | — | 24 min | $64,000 |
| Harmony Township | under 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Augusta Township | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| St. Albans Township | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Houston Township | under 3% | — | — | 17 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Harmony Township, Augusta Township, St. Albans Township and Houston Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Chili Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Chili Township: questions
What is the median household income in Chili Township?
$64,000 (±$13,640) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chili Township?
9.6%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chili Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chili Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Carthage (13%, 12 mi), Macomb (10%, 26 mi), Mount Sterling (6%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Chili Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Chili Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chili Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.